Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1988 at Exhibition Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 13, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 3 2 3 0
  Romero pr,3b 1 0 1 0
Barrett 2b 6 2 2 2
Romine rf,cf 3 2 2 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 1 3
  Kutcher lf 0 0 0 0
Burks cf 2 0 1 2
  Quintana rf 3 1 2 1
Rice dh 5 1 1 3
Parrish 1b 2 0 0 0
  Benzinger pr,1b 2 1 0 0
Reed ss 5 2 2 0
Cerone c 2 0 0 0
  Gedman ph,c 2 1 1 2
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 16 13
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
  Lee ss 0 0 0 0
Moseby cf 3 0 1 0
  Ducey cf 1 0 1 0
Mulliniks dh 4 0 2 0
Bell lf 3 1 1 0
  Campusano lf 1 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 0 0
  Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0
Whitt c 3 0 1 1
  Borders c 1 0 1 0
Barfield rf 3 0 0 0
  Leach rf 1 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 2 1 0 0
  Infante 3b 1 0 0 0
Liriano 2b 4 0 1 1
Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Boston 400 007 20013160
Toronto 010 001 000281
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (17-11) 7.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Lamp   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bolton   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Musselman  L (6-5) 5.0 9 6 6 2 3
  Stottlemyre   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Castillo   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Bair   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Cerutti   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wills   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
13
13
4
4

  E–Barfield (4).  2B–Boston Greenwell (38,off Musselman), Toronto Bell (27,off Clemens).  3B–Toronto Ducey (1,off Lamp).  HR–Boston Rice (13,6th inning off Castillo 2 on, 2 out); Gedman (9,7th inning off Bair 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Gedman (9,off Stottlemyre).  SF–Greenwell (7,off Castillo).  HBP–Parrish (3,by Musselman).  IBB–Boggs (16,by Stottlemyre).  SB–Burks (25,2nd base off Musselman/Whitt); Romine (2,2nd base off Musselman/Whitt); Gruber (22,2nd base off Clemens/Cerone); Whitt (4,2nd base off Clemens/Cerone).  BK–Bolton (1).  HBP–Musselman (3,Parrish).  IBB–Stottlemyre (5,Boggs).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:10.  A–30,352.
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